National Briefing | Midwest: Ohio: Tipster In Shootings To Get $45,000

Published: April 8, 2004

A tipster will receive a $45,000 reward for information that led the police to the man charged in a series of highway shootings in the Columbus area that terrorized motorists, a civilian crimefighting group said. Kevin Miles, president of Central Ohio Crime Stoppers, refused to identify the tipster or confirm reports that it is a relative of the man who has been charged, Charles A. McCoy Jr., who was arrested last month in Las Vegas. The remaining $15,000 from the reward fund will go to Conrad Malsom of Las Vegas, who alerted the police to Mr. McCoy's car at a budget motel there, Mr. Miles said.